Regional Age Group - Notice Board: July 2012

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Paralympics Video......

Hi All,

If you have not already seen this advert on channel 4 it features Claire Cashmore who swims in the National Senior Squad. Claire will be competing at the Paralympics in a few weeks time, see if you can recognise her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPPeRg3Nw&sns=fb

Monday 16 July 2012

Swimming Videos

Here are some videos you might like to watch which swimmers have emailed me over the past week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66molzUEkWI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDFxP77pBwc&feature=plcp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00v9gnx

Enjoy!
Kevin & Jean

Last Few Sessions....

For some of you Sunday was my last session with you until next season. I wish you all a fantastic and well deserved summer break. I have really enjoyed coaching you through C Centrals most successful season to date.

Some of you maybe receiving letters during the holidays to notify you on your promotion. Therefore after Wales I may longer be your coach. I hope you will be happy in your new squads and I look forward to seeing you progress to the top. I have thoroughly enjoyed coaching all of you and I want to thank you all for making coming to work so much fun, I will miss coaching you. Keep up the hard work in the new season as dreams can become reality through hard work.

Swimmers who are not going to Wales you are still welcome to go to the following sessions:

Monday 16th July (AM & PM) - No Training

Wednesday 17th July (PM) - No Training

Thursday 19th July (AM) - No Training

Thursday 19th July (PM) - 19:30 - 21:00 (Armley with Sharon)

Friday 20th July (PM) - 18:30 - 19:30 (Armley with Lyn)

Swimmers who are travelling to Wales for the Welsh Nationals we will train together until Friday making last minute preparations for our Olympics.

Monday 16th July (PM) - 19:15 - 20:45 (LC) Lanes 0, 1, 2 & 3

Tuesday 17th July (PM) - 19:15 - 20:45 (LC) Lanes 0, 1, 2 & 3

Wednesday 18th July (PM) - 19:15 - 20:45 (LC) Lanes 0, 1, 2 & 3

Thursday 19th July (PM) - 19:15 - 20:45 (LC) Lanes 0, 1, 2 & 3

Friday 20th July - 10:00 Travel to Wales

The Wales Travel Itinerary:

Meet at JCCS Aquatics Centre: 09:30

Coach Departs: 10:00

Arrive in Swansea: 16:00 (approximately)

Depart Swansea 27th July: 10:00 (approximately)

Arrive at the JCCS Aquatics Centre: 16:30 (approximately)

Please remember to label all your kit before travelling to Wales.

Good Luck to everyone competing in Wales and to Harry Devlin who will be representing our squad in the National Age Group Championships in Sheffield.

"It's the magic of risking everything, for the dream that nobody sees…but you!"

Elysha and Lyn will look after you all until my return on Sunday 2nd September.

Happy Holidays!

Kevin

Tuesday 10 July 2012

Junior League

National Junior League - White Rose Gala (8th September 2012)

The following swimmers still need confirm your availability to Craig (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) as soon as possible.

Oliver
Euan
Kit
Shaheen

Thanks

Kevin

Sunday 8 July 2012

Wales Meeting

Just a reminder that there is a meeting for all parents of swimmers who are going to the Welsh Nationals on Monday 9^th July in the Stadium building at 7:00pm. We will be using one of the upstairs conference rooms that over-look the track.

Kevin

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Wales

Hi all,

Please find below the link to the Draft programme for Welsh Summer Nationals. 1 or 2 omissions have already been identified, therefore could you please review your own child's entries to ensure they have all been entered in the correct events. In the event they have not, please get back to Craig (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) identifying the appropriate events.

http://www.welshasa.co.uk/index.asp

Also I can now confirm that the Presentation Evening will proceed as planned on Monday 9^th July (Not the 8^th as I previously noted) in the Stadium building at 7:00pm. We will be using one of the upstairs conference rooms that over-look the track.

We are also planning a presentation for children only closer to the time, details yet to be decided. With the children we will cover codes of conduct, approach to poolside, competition warm-ups etc and diet awareness.

T-shirts will hopefully be distributed following the meeting, we are going to make an effort to group all T-shirts according to the sizes you ordered and Initial them. In the event that they are not initialled, I will leave a marker pen available for you to do this immediately before the risk of forgetting.

That's all for now folks.

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Leeds A/ B Graded Meet

Well done to everyone who competed over the weekend. The group achieved a whopping 80 PB's out of 115 Swims, 31 Gold's, 24 Silver's and 15 Bronze Medlas. Great Job!

Gold Medallists (14)
Huzayfa (2), Amber (2), Emily (5), Angelo (2), Stephen (2), Ben (3), Danielle (4), Charoltte (1), Amelia (1), Rebecca (3), Sam W (1), Viktoria (1), Abbie H (3), Megan (1)

Silver Medallists (15)
Amber (5), Stephen (1), Kit (1), Danielle (1), Charlotte (3), Amelia (2), Rebecca (1), Sam W (2), Jamie (1), Huzayfa (1), Viktoria (1), Abbie H (1), Thomas (2), John (1), Zoe (2)

Bronze Medallists (10)
John (1), Abigail J (2), Amber (2), Emily (1), Kit (2), Katherine (2), Rebecca (1), Viktoria (1), Brannan (2), Thomas (1)

Keep up the hard work up to our Olympics (Welsh Nationals), not long to go. Lets smash it!!!!!!

Kevin

National Junior League - White Rose Gala

National Junior League - White Rose Gala (8th September 2012)

Can the following swimmers please confirm your availability to Craig (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) as soon as possible.

'A' Team

Euan Harry

Amber Liam

Jake Billy

Leah Emily

Jamie Stephen

Ben Charlotte

Viktoria Katherine

'B' Team

Shaheen John

Kit Oliver

Huzayfa Rebecca

Abbie H Zoe

Helena Thomas

Sam W Ciara

Sam K Danielle

Thanks

Kevin

Olympic Torch

A big thank you to Alan Hutchinson for bringing his Olympic torch in yesterday for us to see. I do have a team picture which I will be putting on the blog. If any of you would like your pictures added to the blog then you can email me them and I will add them on soon.

Thanks

Kevin

Lost Kit

Sarah Eastwood has collected quite a large amount of lost kit over the last few meets. If you think you have lost anything, please catch her on a Monday night at John Charles.

Kevin

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Quote Bank!

"Kevin!, On the whole I think C Central have swum absolutely fantastic this year". Jacob Butterfield - C Central.

"Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit"

"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it". Michael Phelps.

"Train insane, or remain the same".

"Dream. Believe. Achieve".

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get". Michael Phelps.

"I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself ..... I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities". Grant Hackett.

"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races it's 90% mental because there's very little that seperates us physically at the elite level". Elka Graham.

"The hardest thing about climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom".

"We need to create a way of working, and that's why I felt the need to set some rules. For example, we will all eat together, leave the table together - it is all about respecting each other. And being punctual is key". Fabio Capello.

"Unleash the Inner Beast!".

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing". Muhammad Ali.

"Many people say you are as only good as your last race, but we know we are only as good as our next race!".

"It was not the 10 work outs I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed". Graeme Smith (1996).

"It's how you prepare months before in the training pool that will determine your performance at the main event. Your ruthless attendance, quality and consistency of your training will serge you forward to a result you will be happy with!"

"Winning the Gold Medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career, mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience". Frank Shorter (American Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist) (Munich 1972).

"Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what if's' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win". Shannon Miller (American Gymnast, two time Olympic Gold Medalist) (Atlanta 1996).

"As the years go by I train physically harder and I am always trying to go faster, further and higher. I train seven days a week and at the end of the day, I'm pretty tired but I never wish I was anyone else. If I miss a days training I feel guilty and I know I should have done it. I'm conscientious and unless I have a very good reason to, I never miss a session. It seems unfair to train for years and miss days just for the hell of it, and if I ever start to skip days, I would realise my attitude was not right and it was time for me to finish". Olympic Champion.

"Have a clear goal in your head of where you want to be and never give up!".

"Remember what doesn't challenge you, doesn't change you!"

"Not a day goes past where I don't go to bed with aching limbs ..... I have lost friends over it ..... I have lost girlfriends because of it ..... My family hates it ..... The only person that understands it wants to beat me ..... But I love it more than anything in the world!"

"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning". Robert Kiyosaki.

'Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday'. William Rudolph (American Athlete, three-time Olympic Gold medalist) (Rome 1960).

"It's been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don't see it. We don't get timeouts in the middle of a race; we can's stop and catch our breath; and we can't ask for a substitution".

"We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can".

"In 2004 , I won a bronze. This is a silver. Maybe in 2012, it will be a gold. Slowly, slowly". Eliud Kipchoge (Kenyan Athelete, Olympic silver medalist) (Beijing 2008).

"I came out here to beat everybody in sight and that is exactly what I'm going to do. Sure, I can do anything". Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson (American Athlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist) (Los Angeles 1932).

"Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualisation. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was going to be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally". Michael Phelps. (6 Gold Medals, 2004 Olympic Games).

"Success comes with determination to get up the morning after the hardest practice of your life and do it all over again!"

"There is nothing like the smell of chlorine in the morning, and nothing like the smell of victory in the evening"

"Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment and quit worrying bout winning and losing". Matt Biondi. (American Swimmer, eight-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992).

"You only get one shot, go out there and do your best". Chad le Clos (200m Butterfly Champion).

"No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them". Danny Harris. (American Athlete, Olympic Silver Medallist. Los Angeles 1984).

"When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe.

"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let other swimmers think about me, not me about them". Amanda Beard.

"An athlete cannot race with money in his pockets. He must race with hope in his heart and dreams in his head". Emil Zatopek. (Four Time Olympic Gold Medallist).

"If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe. (Australian swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medallist. Sydney 2000, Athens 2004).

"No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up and never give up!".

"Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow".

"Champions train, losers complain".

"Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up." Dwayne Johnson.

"Life is full of disappointments, failures and setbacks. None of those things can permanently stop you. You have the power to overcome anything that life throws at you. There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Surround yourself with people who remind you that you matter, and support you in the ways that matter most to you. No person, situation, or circumstance can define who you are. Don't give up. cave in, or stop believing that it's possible. It's not over until you win."